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Math Idea #4
Class Produce Department
Objective:
After touring the produce department of an area supermarket,
students will explore money, budgeting, and problem solving
activities involving buying and selling fruits and vegetables.
Afterwards, they will prepare and taste a variety of fruits
and vegetables.
Materials:
- money
- fresh, canned or dried fruits and vegetables (supplied by
local market produce department, food service company,
school cafeteria, or students can bring an item from home)
- scales for weighing fruits and vegetables
Introduction:
* Participate in a "5 a Day" Supermarket tour with a local
supermarket in your area.
* Explain to students that after your supermarket tour,
they will turn the classroom into a produce department.
Have each student bring in one canned, dried or fresh
fruit or vegetable to contribute to the store. (Perhaps
the market would agree to donate a fresh fruit or
vegetable to each student at the end of the store tour,
or ask your food service department to participate).
* Plan and have a tasting party with the fruits and
vegetables to complete the activity.
* You may want to price the store items to make fractions
and decimals easier to work with!
Group Activity:
Following are some ideas to use with small groups in the class
store. Add some more ideas to the list...get ideas from students!
* Have group members calculate the cost of a snack for the
group. For example:
5 apples
5 cans pineapple juice
+ 5 small boxes of raisins
___________
$
* Have students compare prices of fresh, canned, and frozen
fruits and vegetables. (Strawberries, Peaches, Peas,
Green Beans, Asparagus, Corn, etc.)
* Have students choose the fruits and vegetables from a
grocery list as if it is their responsibility to pick
them up in the store. Have them calculate the money it
will cost if they are shopping for a family of 2, 3, or
4. Compare prices of fresh, canned, frozen and dried
fruits and vegetables.
* Have a group calculate the cost of a fruit salad to feed
the whole class. Have them choose the fruits to go
into the salad based on which fruits are in the class
store.
* Have a group calculate the cost for a fruit and/or
vegetable snack for the entire class.
* Have a group of buyers who practice giving correct
amounts of money for the fruits and vegetables and who
must stay within a given budget.
* Have a group of sellers who must provide the buyers with
the correct amount of change.
* Have a group of students weigh various numbers of
servings of dried fruits. How much more do 6 servings of
raisins weigh than 2 servings?
Related Activities:
* Ask the school food service staff to sponsor a monthly
tasting party for the students!
* Tour a grocery store in the community to see how they
store fruits and vegetables to keep them as fresh as
possible.
* Invite a school's food service staff member to the class
to discuss his/her job.
5 A Day Adventures: Math Idea # 4